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Synergizing Antegrade Endoscopic with Bridging Vein Harvesting for Improvement of Great Saphenous Vein Graft Quality from the Lower Leg
Published on: November 19, 2019
[Preoperative evaluation of superficial veins to be used in peripheral arterial revascularization surgery]
Jose Maria Rosselló Rodríguez1, Diogo Cunha e Sá, J Silva Nunes
1Clínica Universitária de Cirurgia Vascular do Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa.
Abstract:
In this paper, the authors report their experience in the preoperative evaluation of the superficial veins of the lower limbs, using the color-coded Eco-Doppler, aimed at the evaluation of morphofunctional aspects of the veins, allowing an objective and reliable selection of the vein grafts to be used in peripheral arterial revascularization surgery. The advantages and disadvantages of the methodology are analysed and discussed, and they concluded by stating that the method can replace favourably the tradicional surgical exploration, avoiding the frequent unnecessary , unusefull or inconvenient surgical exploration for the veins assessment.
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